{"product_id":"hellenistic-revival-artemis-ring","title":"Hellenistic Revival Artemis Ring","description":"\u003cp\u003eA nice big chunk of vintage 18 carat gold with exquisite patina and intaglio carved in the Hellenistic style to depict the goddess Artemis. It dates from the 1960s or '70s, and is likely Greek or Italian in origin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtemis was the twin to Apollo; they were two sides of the same coin: he was sun, light, music, art, logic and \u003cem\u003ecivilisation\u003c\/em\u003e; she was moon, night, the wild and untamed wilderness, \u003cem\u003enature and the hunt\u003c\/em\u003e. Artemis was also a protector of women and girls, and childbirth. Alongside her brother, Apollo, and Acheloos, Artemis was one of the primary deities worshipped by the ancient Greek tribe of Akarnania. She is here depicted seated with her bow alongside a stylised \u003cem\u003eA\u003c\/em\u003e and the word, in Greek, AKARNANIA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Acarnania (Ancient Greek: Ἀκαρνανία, romanized: Akarnanía) was the land of the ancient Greek tribe of Acarnanians in the westernmost part of central Greece. It lies along the Ionian Sea, west of Aetolia, with the Achelous River for a boundary, and north of the gulf of Calydon, which is the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth. Its capital and principal city was Stratos.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Acarnania\"\u003eSource: Wikipedia.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"When antiquarians began to collect the evidence, both literary sources and archaeological evidence for the religious landscapes of the ancient Akarnanians in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the region turned out to offer little in providing insights... As in every other ancient Greek settlement, references to regional and local deities feature prominently on the coinage of the individual Akarnanian poleis, however, with Acheloos, Apollo and Artemis as the most prominent deities.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Besides a predominant group of richly draped igurines depicting females, and miniature\u003cbr\u003eanimal representations, mainly roosters, igurines depicting males have been found. The\u003cbr\u003emajority of the figurines depicting females can be characterized as belonging to an Artemis-type, as many of the figurines hold animals, especially birds, but also bows.\" - \u003c\/em\u003eSource: '\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/4369804\/Searching_for_the_Gods_in_Ancient_Akarnania_New_Evidence_from_a_Ritual_Deposit_near_Stratos_Greece_Anodos_Studies_of_the_Ancient_World_6_7_2006_2007_2009_289_97\"\u003eSearching For the Gods at Ancient Akarnania: New Evidence From a Ritual Deposit Near Stratos\u003c\/a\u003e' by Alexander Nagel (2009)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Acarnania's foundation in Greek mythology was traditionally ascribed to Acarnan, son of Alcmaeon.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The name of Acarnania appears to have been unknown in the earliest times. Homer (8th century BC) only calls the country opposite Ithaca and Cephalonia, under the general name of \"Epeirus\" (῎ηπειρος), or the mainland, although he frequently mentions the Aetolians.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The country is said to have been originally inhabited by the Taphii (or Teleboae), the Leleges, and the Curetes. The Taphii, or Teleboae were chiefly found in the islands off the western coast of Acarnania, where they maintained themselves by piracy. The Leleges were more widely disseminated, and were also in possession at one period of Aetolia, Locris, and other parts of Greece. The Curetes are said to have come from Aetolia, and to have settled in Acarnania, after they had been expelled from the former country by Aetolus and his followers. The name of Acarnania is derived from Acarnan, the son of Alcmaeon, who is said to have settled at the mouth of the Achelous. If this tradition is of any value, it would intimate that an Argive colony settled on the coast of Acarnania at an early period.\" - \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Acarnania\"\u003eSource: Wikipedia.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEra: Vintage, circa 1960\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRing size: M 1\/2 or 7 US. Resize for £55.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHead: 19.8mm by 14.4mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarks: Stamped 18k\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Great vintage condition with excellent patina.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lost Vintage","offers":[{"title":"No \/ No","offer_id":52923557052728,"sku":"LO3153","price":2650.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"No \/ Yes","offer_id":52923557085496,"sku":"LO3153i","price":2725.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Yes \/ No","offer_id":52923557118264,"sku":"LO3153r","price":2705.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Yes \/ Yes","offer_id":52923557151032,"sku":"LO3153ri","price":2780.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/7387\/2952\/files\/Website-6130.jpg?v=1789152763","url":"https:\/\/lostowl.com\/products\/hellenistic-revival-artemis-ring","provider":"Lost Owl Jewelry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}